चमेली
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *चम्पवेल्लि (*campavelli).[1] Cognate with Punjabi ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī), Bengali চামেলি (cameli).
Noun
चमेली • (camelī) f (Urdu spelling چمیلی)
- Spanish jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum (plant and flower)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चमेली camelī |
चमेलियाँ cameliyā̃ |
| oblique | चमेली camelī |
चमेलियों cameliyõ |
| vocative | चमेली camelī |
चमेलियो cameliyo |
Descendants
- → Pashto: چمبېلی
- → English: chameli
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “campavēlli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *चम्पवेल्लि (*campavelli).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sə.me.li/, [t͡sə.me.liː]
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: च‧मे‧ली
Noun
चमेली • (ċamelī) f
Declension
| Declension of चमेली (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
चमेली ċamelī | ||
| direct plural |
चमेल्या ċamelyā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
चमेली ċamelī |
चमेल्या ċamelyā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
चमेली ċamelī |
चमेल्यां- ċamelyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
चमेलीला ċamelīlā |
चमेल्यांना ċamelyānnā | |
| ergative | चमेलीने, चमेलीनं ċamelīne, ċamelīna |
चमेल्यांनी ċamelyānnī | |
| instrumental | चमेलीशी ċamelīśī |
चमेल्यांशी ċamelyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
चमेलीत ċamelīt |
चमेल्यांत ċamelyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
चमेली ċamelī |
चमेल्यांनो ċamelyānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of चमेली (fem ī-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
चमेलीचा ċamelīċā |
चमेलीचे ċamelīċe |
चमेलीची ċamelīcī |
चमेलीच्या ċamelīcā |
चमेलीचे, चमेलीचं ċamelīċe, ċamelīċa |
चमेलीची ċamelīcī |
चमेलीच्या ċamelīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
चमेल्यांचा ċamelyānċā |
चमेल्यांचे ċamelyānċe |
चमेल्यांची ċamelyāñcī |
चमेल्यांच्या ċamelyāncā |
चमेल्यांचे, चमेल्यांचं ċamelyānċe, ċamelyānċa |
चमेल्यांची ċamelyāñcī |
चमेल्यांच्या ċamelyāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “campavēlli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चमेली”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चमेली”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press